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TOPICS OF TJIE TIMES.
A CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER
ESTING ITEMS.
Coaatat nod Criliciaais Baaed t'pnn
Ik Bappeainca tha Day His
torical and Ntm Notra,
Rut why not compel the der crea
ture to keep their deadly hat pins
sheathed?
San Francisco riort8 that twen'y
prafs widows bound for the Klondike'
have arrived lu that city. That' sin
gular! LalHtuehero's scornful allusion o
feminine journalists as "she writers"
called forth a sarcastic "He-he" from
the womeu.
A New Jersey policeman has been
uspended for making love to a ser
vant girl. And yt It's supposed to be
unlawful to resist an otlicer.
The German Emperor ha invented a
new explosive, but he himself continue
to 1 tin greatest thing In that Hue
that the world has ever seen.
A iort in the London Spectator Ray a:
"Ami I try to remember the future."
If he succeeds he Bliould cease to look
forward lonziugiy to a happy past.
Several enterprising capitalists of
Maine are trying to organize a sardine
trast. H in still u qin-t-iou, however,
whether the Maine sardine can be
trust fd.
It has been decided by Jersey Court
that a womnu has the right to wear the
breeches. That State of late has also
emphasized lis views an marriage li
cense In other ways.
The Dublin (C,n.) Dispatch editorial
ly remarks: "Mr. J. Y. Keen has a new
bicycle. We believe he ought to keep
hi old mule off the sidewalks after
this." It docs seem so.
The fact that the yield of anthracite
coal declines, while that of the soft,
moky bituminous coal Is increasing in
dicate a future demand for a black-Uh-brown
shirt collar and bowm.
The Rochelle, Ga., New Era says: "A
nan and his wife en traced In a rucus
near town Saturday afternoon last and
there Is little hope of her recovery." It
In better not to keep such an engage
roit. It la Uie little thing that counts. A
Ionc Island farmer raises sunflower
aced-MO bushels io the acre. The.
t4-nU are used to make oil. Tw o oush
els and a half make a gallon, worth
11.25.
Trenton raise a wall because "the
count Wdncs of New Jersey are to
tally Inadequate." Nonsense: What
better defense against Invaders does
Jersey want than she has during the
regular mosquito season?
The Irrepressible "German scientist"
who Ui responsible for so much unwel
come Information ays that the wonuin
of the future will have a beard. This
u calculated to make one shudder w beu
he thinks of what the barber shop of
that period will be.
Mr. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
warns her countrymen that "war Is an
anachronism." We do not believe th;
Is quite true, excepting in the sense In
which It ht been an anachronism for
nearly 1,100 .lean. But at least it is
uo more true of war than of treachery
and cruelty.
At the recent national pure food anil
drug congress rtaolutious were adopted
netting forth the necessity of teaching
1n the public schools the importance and
vhIur of good products. If It be true,
us has been claimed, that more persons
lose their lives tiu-ousflr unwise eating
than through unwise drinking some
practical bitiis upon the victual ques
tion might not ! out of place In school
books on physiology.
The fact that a hereditary patriotic
voocleiy has Just expendinl fifteen thou
lsand dollars In the page;intry of crowu
f lug Its queen marks the folly but adds
to the mirth of society. "What lire
you dolus there'" the old playrrijrht
askeil Ilnrlenuln, sitting on b!- pap.T
throne, "oh, I am reigning." Yit even
Harlequin knew that visible In-dsfiila
are but ! ml; tint true kingship
and queetislilp arv hiiown by daiiy
deeds and character.
The Philadelphia Kword relates a
diory to ti e cfiwt that at the time of
the Republican national convention of
1K4 General Garlliid who bud been
General Hosecraits' chief f -staff pi
vious to the battle of Chh'kamaug.i-tiii-g:;.ph'-'I
to his old coiuiilanilir:
" h e Presidency golliff a-lieggins; will
.vmiaeplif Answer." General Hos'j
crans, as the story goes, wired hU H"-I'f-pljiyi
e. but It Ml In!') the hands of
Si'i retary .Sir.Moii, wiio snppreeI it,
aud it i-oiiHi ijiieiiily never reach 1 Gar
held. Itoei -runs' name therefore,
niter brought lefire the convent Ion,
;al Andrew Johrmon was nominate.)
nnd circled. And thus, by the falbiM
"f Gartleld lo receive ItOHei-rans' tele
jf r tii. It Ih claimed the latter failed to
iMMome President of the United Slates
after the aasl rial Ion of President
Lincoln.
The ollnial cltiuuea of the gold ob
ia I licit from the Yukon reiglon lu 1807
have Isen siilimllifd to the Iomlnion
IVrlUiuieiK by th Canadian Geological
Purvey. fr. Hawson, the chlf of the
survey, put the total ar $2.50,00fl f'W
1K(7. but he says that there Ui t lire,
fill no ris'ognlz'-l method of obtaining
umirate stal"Mki or of wnxu'atlDB the
inioont of itold obtained on th Cana
iiu aide of the Um frwa (lkt miuei
In Alaska. The production of irold In
the Yukon district has been as follows:
lSvj.fl7S.0UO; 1S4W, $175,j0; 11, $40,,
fKi: 1K'I2. ffh7.(K): 1VJ3. S176.000: 1HM.
$rj.",.(MK); J Sid. JiVI.OOO; 1K(. $300,000;
1M7, fU.IVHUmO. The expenditure made
to secure this gold Is believed to be
largely i exivs of the returns.
The Financial News give the extent
of Canada's dealings with the United
K!nglom nm with tills country In
ltfiT, which !at-ment showa bow
much more Canada purchased of her
souther:! nri'-liltnr than from the moth
er country. In ls:7 Canada lKiught of
the United Kingdom goods to the value
of $2S,40S,(X'f) and of Uie United Stat
produots valued at $;1,H5,000. or more
than twice as much. On tlie other hand,
Canada sold to the United Kingdom
products valued at $;!),f:!0,)00. and to
this country products worth $40,074,-
000. Of course our best cunJomprs are
the provlnefw of Quelec arul Ootarlo,
the former of w.hlch ttotight of us good
valued at $22,148,000 anil of England
goods valine at $13.41!J.CXK)t Ontario
bought S27.liKil.WK) worth of products
of ua and SIUKnUxiO of England. It Is
doubtful If we have no failed to appre
ciate the value of our Canadian trade.
The employers' liability act, which
got Into effect in England July 1, em
braces all jiersons engaged In any em
ployment to which the act applies,
"whether by manual labor or other
wise," thus Including officials, clerks
and asslntanls, and as the new measure
extinguishes the doctrine of "common1
employment," as w ell as the defense of
contributory negligence, ami the appli
cation of the maxim of "volenti non
Injuria," heretofore relied uion by
employers, the only defense will be the.
"serious and willful misconduot" of thei
workman himself. Half wages must bj
paid to persons Ineiipneltatud for work
by Injury, nnd In case of death the mini
mum comiMHisa.tlon Is three years'
wages when dependents are left who
were wholly dependent upon the earn
ings of the deceased; when partly de
pendent the a m en t Is proixirtion
aely redueed; and when there are no
dependents a maximum of $r0 Is al
lowed for medical and funeral ex
penses, all of which will react seriously!
upon the employment of married menj
Employers are already preparing to om
ganize mutual Insurance companies tot
divide the liability.
Aa we have smokeless powder, so w,
may have, if a recently invpnted gua,
proves to be a hucccmi, a nolseUffis Are)
ariii. and then the result will be In cawj
of war a smokele-, nolselms battle(
The new guu 1 so made us to preven
a fias.li airt to ex'iiuU' the air from
abruptly entering the piece, such en
tram leing the chief cause of the dci
tonation. The breech of the gun 14
irovloVl with a .shutter, which lies dlj
riiily under the ball or projectile)
Wlen the gun Is tired the project I It
takes on Its usual velocity, but the I ti 4
stand lit leaves the shutter this (lies uj
behind the hall, preventing the flatil:
and tlie exit of the gas resulting fron;
the burning powder. There are u immj
lsr of aiimil apertur!S In the breech of
the piece through which the gas slowly?
escuiM'S. The Mhuit'tv remains In It.
veith-al position until the gas has es
eaix-d, ami then It returns to its place
at the bottom of the bore. The Inveivtoi
bss bad a gnn tuide to test the valuiJ
of the Invention practically, and the ex-,
perlments give very satisfactorily the
results expected, although the recoil ol
the run was not reduced as waa antlcli
psied. One great object to be attalm!
In the manufacture of large or wnall
arms la nliupHiiity, but all the arm now,
in use are so complicated that no small
amount of training la neeesiary tol
qualify one to use them effectively,
even If It Is only a musket. How mueW
this device will complicate artillery and1
guns cannot le decided, but the Inven-.
Hon has proved to be of a good deal or
Interest to military men and experts
who have examined It.
The assesst.'d valuation of real and;
personal property In the United Si-ales
at the lime of the eleventh census wad
$25,473,1 73,4 18. This Is an understate
ment of I lie wealth of the nation In
1800, but the flguren are sufllclcntly Im
pressive. lUtvveeu 18.S0 and 1800 the1
total assessed valuatlou had Increased
fr,u $17,lS0,0O:,405 to $25,473,173,418,
and the assessed valuation per capita
hail Increased fiin $341.73 to $407.18.'
The most conservative (uilimate of the,
assessed valuation In lhOS will not fall,
below $.;0,K)0,000,000. The present vii
nation probafdy exceeds that sum by
two billions of dollars. What, then, Is
the emergency appropriation of $50,-'
m"),'Xi(), vo!ed ft' tue national defense)
It la a tax of lctss tiian one-Hlxth of 1
per cent, upon the nation's resources.
Now, In matters merely of local lmJ
proveineM, not of national self-protection
and seif-eserva.lon, nn expendi
ture and nn Indebtedness up to 10 per,
cent, of total valuation are well within
tlie limit of prudence set by linimiinl
experience, ieii per cent, of $!0,(HiO,
ho,ixh) Is J" :. i if i.i mi UK hi'; and $3,(MK),i
(fiO.OfHl m:ii;e sixty tiifcA I'm., amount of
the Initial nppropri.it mn votid for de
fensive pu-pices by C5ongres. TliW
present )nie.. -.t bearing natlomil detrf
Is JM7.IS in.i:i-'i. That Is to say, Con-grc-i
ui'glii t'" "ti Hpprointlng $50,
isiii.niKi a weci, fur every week during
the rit of U.f year 1H08 before It had
Iiiihim-(I u; on our luitlonal wecilth a
burden of bonded Indebtedness mire
spondlng to the limit set by the charter
of the city of New York upon Ismdlin
for local Improvements. And after the
10 p(T cent, limit had N-en reached?
Well, then It might Is' time to ls'gln to
talk about extraordinary outlays anu
pecuniary narritlcin for the snkn of the
nation's safety and honor. Theo thlity
bllllonn are lighting lillllona, If llghtlns
there must be; and in any consideration
of the nation's ciittclty to prosecuu
and endure war they conmltuta yhm
c I pal factor.
3
It Is estimated that the nerves, with
branches and minute ramifications con
necting with the brain, exceed ten mill
Ion. It Is said that In the sandy deserts of
Arabia whirling winds sometime ex
cavate pits two hundred feet In depth,
and extending down to the harder
Btratum on which the gTeat Is'd of sand
rests.
In a communication to the Paris
Academy of Sciences, M. Greliant says
that the surface of cast Iron kept at a
red beat is capable of transforming car
bonic acid Into carbonic oxide that Is,
Into a poisonous gas.
It has lxvn demonstrated that while
there is no especial difficulty lu using
petroleum as a fuel for locomotives,
there would le trouble in obtaining a
supply of tiie fuel. It has been esti
mated that the entire petroleum sup
ply of the country would not furnish
fuel enough for the use of the locomo
tive! employed on the Pennsylvania
and New York Central systems alone.
Some persons associate particular col
ors with particular sounds. I)r. W. S
Colman, discussing this phenomenon in
the Lancet, says there are two forms
of It. In one case the person has a sen
sation as If a transparent colored film,
like a rainbow, appeared before his
eyes when certain vowel, or musical,
sounds strike his ears, hi the other
case letters or written words, represent
ing the sounds heard, appear In colored
tints. The tints are veTy definite and
characteristic, and do not vary with
lapse of time; but two persons seldom
asHociate the same colors with the same
sounds.
The fanciful notion which men used
sometimes to entertain, that Uie earth
Is, In some nense, a living thing, would
probably have derived support from the
recent observation of Prof. John Milne,
and others, on the shiver and quivers
that frequently run through It rocky
frame, but escape notice, except when
watched for with specially constructed
and exceedingly delicate apparatus.
Prof. Milue reports that apisiratua of
this kind has now been mounted In
Canada, British Columbia, the United
States, South Africa, New Zealand,
Java, India and Argentina, as well as In
England and at various places on the
coutiuent of Europe.
On one occasion a steel rail, after
twenty-two years' continuous service
on the Great Northern Railway, actu
ally disintegrated under the wheels of
a passing train. So complete was the
breaking up that scientists thought it
worthy of Investigation, during which
it w.v; determined that the metal bad
becoma exhausted and bad broken
down, Just as an overstrained animal
might bo expected to do. This has led
to further Inquiry, and scientists are
satisfied that metals do become tired
out. The idea that metals become
weary, while not altogether a new one,
Is to an extent a plausible one, and un
der the careful scrutiny of scientific so
cieties will probably be satisfactorily
explained and settled.
At a recent meeting of the Koyal Dub
lin Society Prof. J. .loly presented a
new theory of sun-opots. He suggested
that there may be certain levels In the
brilliant shell of hot vapors constituting
the visible surface of the sun, where
the temperature, although very high,
falls below the critical temperature of
tho elements there present. In that
case those elements would be preclpl
tnted Into liquids. If the pressure were
sufficiently great. Such liquefied mass
es, floating In gaseous matter of great
er density, would, he thinks, present
the characteristic appearance of suu
siots, for if the liquid were opaque, It
would look darker than the surround
ing photosphere. When the liquid re
evaporates, the spot disappears. This
theory that the sun-spots are the find
visible beginnings of a change of ta:e
In the sun.
Onn ol thn Kaiser's Jokes.
There are many good anecdotes abont
the German emperor, and It must
owned that they all prove tlie kaiser
to have no small amount of humor.
Th following, which comes from Mr.
Ehlcrs, the traveler. Is smarter than
most. The emperor and Ehlcrs were
college chiiDis from Bonn, and the em
peror never forgot his old college st
dent. At Bonn on special occasions
the different corps used to drink to one
another, and the following si-t form
was always used: The president of
the Palatlo corps raises his glass, say
Ing: "I have the great honor and
pleasure to empty my glass In drinking
to the corps of IloniHsin." Tlie pres.
dent of the latter corp then replies.
"The corps thanks and drinks,"
On the birth of one of the sons of tie'
emperor Ehlcrs telegraphed him: "I
have Hih great honor and pleasure in
empty my glass In drinking to the
youngest llohenssollcrn." The emperor
promptly wired back: "The .voutuct
llohenxillerii thanks and drinks." To
ronto Chronicle.
Kree TmvcHii-j I, liriitle..
Eor many years Mclvll lieney, tM
rector of the New York State library,
has advocated n scheme of Slate disiii
button of books by tlie way ot loan t.
Institutions and to groves of iiupnycr
on payment of a nominal lec llispl.ni
Includes a system of lentral eunirnl
anil supervision under which small col
lections of popular hook ale to be scut
from point to point, kept In charge of
reapooslble persons, mid circulated
freely among the rewldetUs of each lo
cality, Tha State of New York ma le
aa approprtattoD for such n system of
Uhnu7 awalag 1b tat2, and has ap-
proprlated annually since. In the first
4i libraries were sent out; In the sec
ond, 130; In the third, 212; In the fourth,
371; and In the fifth year, 447. Booka
have lsen purchased to supply the con
stantly increasing demand, until now
there are nearly 3t,000 volumes owned
by the SUA and available for this pur
is!i'. g
These libraries are carefully chosen,
by cxjiert librarians, and are made up
of the choicest and freshest publica
tions. A large proportion of the books
must necessarily be works of fiction If
the luterest of the average borrower la
to be su-rtained. Care is taken to pro
vide only Che very best and most
wholesome stories, aud to adapt them
to the age and requirements of those to
whom they are sent. In this respect
the influence of the traveling libraries,
If not distinctly educational, is at least
uplifting and Invigorating. A growing
Interest in biography, history, eco
nomics, science, and art has been noted
and foMtered by the management, and
many booka In these departments are
continually being purchased and sent
out. Some entire libraries are made up
of these subjects, to the exclusion of
fiction altogether, and the special col
lections sent to study clubs through
out the State are doing a real educa
tional work. American Monthly Re
view of Reviews.
His Maiden Speech.
The malady known as "s!age fright"
Is by no means conJlned to the stage 01
to people deficient In self-confidence.
It Is one of the peculiarities of th
House of Commons, as related by Mr
Michael MacDonagh In the "Book ot
Parliament," that 1t not only expects
but demands, a certain ajnunt of sitflg
fright in a memlHr's maiden speech ae!
an Indication of a "becomilng awe of
the auguM assembly listening to hi
words."
When Mr. Joseph Chamberlain wa
first elected, an old friend, who w
aLso au old member of the House ol
Commons, caine to him and gave hkt
this bit of adrice:
"You know you have come into the
House rather late, and you have book
sort of reputation outside. The House
of Commons does not like ouil slide rtjm
tatlon. It Is accustomed to make and
unmake Its own. As you are goinj
shortly to make your maidien speech,
If yom could contrive to break down
little, I think the House of Commons
would take 1t as a compliment, and yon
will be all the better for it."
'Phere are occasional failures to get
off one's maiden sijeech, though M may
have been conned bundircida of times.
Tlie most extraordinary breakdown
that ever occurred In the House hap
pened some yeans 9go. The adtiret In
answer to the Queen's teech was to
be seconded by a young country mem-
ler In a maiden sifyeech. He came at
tired, as Is customary on the occasion,
In uniform In the gorgeous aittlre of a
captain of mount Ml yeomanry. H
Mood up In his place, and graspdns; th
hilt of his sword with his left hand In
dulged In sonic graceful gewtureB with
his right; but though his lips were seen
to move, not a sound could be heard by
the House.
Kor nearly five minutes the honorabl
and gallant gentleman continued thto
dumb show, and sat dowm. The mosil
remarkable feature of the liw-ldcnt wti
that the honorable gentleman did wok
himself miss the sound of his vocal or-
sains; all through the Incident he seem
ed to be under the imprewiloin that the
House was listening, wih rapt atten
tion, to his eloquent periods, set to tht
exquisite rmusic of his voice.
Thirteen aa Twelve.
Everybody knows that thirteen U
called a "baker's dozen," but how came
the phrase Into existence? Well, It
seems that owe upon a time the bakei
used to give for nnthing to the retail
dealer who sold the bread a thirteenth
loaf with every twelve loaves that
were ordered. How this custom grew
up It 1 hard to tell, except It was t
help the shopkeeper to earn lila li ving a
liitle caMer and to encourage him to
take more bread. One explanation ha
it that the custom dates from the time
when heavy penalties were Inflicted
for short weight, nnd that Uie tlilr
teeiiih loaf wa throwta In to moke
sure the weight wr rigid; but this !
per Imps doubtful, for there Is a like
custom In the publishing trade, li
which the bookseller usually gets aa
extra copy without charge for very
twelve bonk he buys from the publish
er. In short, we m!;rht Just as weU
talk of thirteen 1-eln.g a "publ!sli
ilos-n" as a baker'.s.
Mjtte. of Money.
Title-, are now merely a matter 01
money that Is, on the continent. Some
of the minor orders can le obtained fot
S5II0. The Austrian order of the Iron
Crown Is just a little expensive. It
i n-tin $)5.0tio. But you can be a Kiroc
or a count In some of the minor tier
m;wi slates for ?.', into. One hundreo
li)K:irs will sieure the title of ttiiiri
dentist, which Is almost as cheap as thf
1 title of colonel In America.
Microbe lle-troyer.
I It Is said that lemonade Is a microbe
I destroyer, since the bacilli of cholera
cannot resist the acids, especially the
IHiwerliil citric acid of the lemon. One
grain, declares an authority, will ;
stroy all the microbes in a (jiiart of
water.
j If there Is anything which Is parileii
I lariy luexeii.-ahle lu a woman. II is ti
J look uii'hly when Isia nl! tig n:id fret
! from household cares.
Our Idea of 11 bright ma 11 is one
lias a trouble, and can talk about
thing else.
whe
any-
When our riiJuy day does come, 0
will begin raining t daylight, and thi
downpour will continue until midnight
No one treats the worries of ollierJ
In uu Intelligent manner.
SIGNS OF
TUnttVIYf I
JlUlViili'J. j
THE
MONEY POWER MAY BE
OVERTHROWN.
How Recent Erenta and Present Con
ditions May Be Interpreted-The
Heal Motive in the Dreyfua Caee
Kditora Getting Their Eyes Open.
The Worm la Turnina.
"The darkest hour is Just before the
dawn," says an old proverb. If this be
true, even if there were no other reason
for believing that belter times are at
hand, the dense darkness that now
shrouds the Industrial condition in all
civilized countries bids us believe that
"the night is far spent, the day Is at
hand." Six thousand six hundred sui
cides last year in this Christian land,
America, nmke nearly as black a record
as could be found among "nations
dwelling lu heathen darkness."
But besides the awful blackness that
covers the earth like a pall there are
other signs of the morning. There are
indications all around that "the money
power" is making itself felt and known
in some quarters where its existence
has been scouted. The money power
the power of money to multiply Itself
by Interest, and this power is utilized,
personified and perpetuated by a class
of men who devise schemes for keeping
nations aud individuals in debt so thai
they may draw wealth to themselves In
the form of interest on those debis.
One cent put at interest at 6 per cent.,
compounded annually, will gather to
Itself $1,000,000 In 335 years, while a
man laying up $1 a day for each work
ing day must live 2,738 years to accom
plish the same. What hope Is there for
an honest worker in competition with
this thief formerly called "usury,' but
now eoini: under the less obnoxious
name ot Interest.
The Dreyfus ease, about which so
much has been written, brings out the
fact that the French people are waking
up to the knowledge that they are be
coming the slaves of the money power
A recent number of the Review of Re
views contains a most interesting ac
count of the case in the form of inter
views with men on both sides of the
Question. An Interviewer of Count Es
terhazy says:
"The Dreyfus case Is but as a dead
dog tossed hither and thither by the
surging billows of a great ground swell
arising no one knows bow or where or
why."
This statement agrees with the open
lug sentence In the Interview with Mr.
Drumont, us follows:
"By this time It must have become
clear even to the least observant or the
most skeptical that the Dreyfus-Ester
hazy affair was but an acute symptom
of a condition In France which has
been a long while assuming form and
consistency."
But the "how or whence or why" of
which the Esterbazy Interview express
es Ignorance, U told In the Drumont
Interview In words which cannot be
mistaken. M. Drumont's statements
on this head are to the effect that the
Jews are tlie money power In Franc
and that the hatred of M. Dreyfus Is
actuated and accentuated because of
the people's growing anger at that pow
er. While the figures given by M. Pru
mont have since been contradicted by
quotations from governmental statls
tics and the disproportion he claims
has been shown to be by far too great. It
Is a fact that the prejudice he refers to
eslsts. M. Zola, who took up the cudg
els In the cause of M. Dreyfus, says on
this head:
".lew now means to the unthinking
proletariat, capitalist, monopolist
sweater, bloodsucker." Only perhaps
the proletariat Is not the unlhinkln
mnns M. Zola would have us believe
John bwlnton once said, "The gutter
snipe has learned to rend," a fact
which may menu something some day
It Is not simply the proletarians who
are getting their eyes open to the work
of the money power. A paper In New
York City which has been on the side of
the capitalist mass for the last thirteen
years and cannot now be credited with
wishing to destroy the money power
nevertheless had this to say In March
ol the Spanish-American situation:
Now, the present complication fins put
at stake a large stock Jobbing interest
namely, the Spanish exterior debt
a mounting to some $i()ll,0(lii,(RiO, held
mostly lu Pans. Spanish policy in U
whole of its detail is dictated by iliia
group of money lenders and hiis no olij
but to save ns much us tlie.? vim ef llicir
lis'ihey. With this object they are pnttim;
Up a little more nnd more will dun 1 : ) c
Is. forthcoming to enable Spain to pat up
a stronger bill If ":i --a in.st the Pulled
Stales. The policy clearly is, by alarming
this country with the prnspeciive ,-H ,,f
a war, lo iudece it In eome fnftvard willi
1111 offer to take up !f.lill,(ili0,0i)!i or .fluo,.
(uKj,H)0 of Spain' foreign debt as nn
equivalent for the independence of Culm.
The l.'nitcd Stiiten may tl-cn ti,,.
money out of Cuba ns they can or hew
they can. iiml u ill be their lookout.
Puris h-iit In 1 in Turk beelllise rIic knew
flint not the worthless and in..Ui ,it 'l ink
but the ilcfi-uleil nnd iiidiismnti lireck
would have lo pii.v, nnd libs in effect is
what has happened, nnd I lie operation
has turned out a distinctly brilliant one.
In the ciiine way Paris lent the money
which liii" been iwpetnlcd in effecting I lie
depopulation of Cuba, first in the belief
that the li ac.-ily of Turk mid Un-ok would
be enacted oer agnn and I hat the money
could be collected from the Kin ml. As
that chance auishcd. the whole object
of the money lenders' policy Inn bis-n to
cajole or force the liiiied Suites into
assuming a pill't of the debt.
What worse could the most rabid op
ponent of the money power say of it?
A "group of money louder" coolly
watching ami helping on "the depopu
lation of Ciib.-t." Sh'akspiNire's Shylock
was not overdraw 11.
Let the peace societies study the
causes of war and they will find the
money lender thinly disguised In al
Biost every case.
Vuother New York pnper told, oil
Marrb , 189H, under the caption ol
,Bonls and Bondage," the follow-In
momentous truths:
It is clear," says one of the beat
equipped English writers on internatioifc
al relations, "that if our immense Intel
ests in China are to be adequately pro
tected we must not allow the empire to bl
the exclusive vassal of any foreign powej
or group of powers, and this is what mual
occur in a thinly disguised form if we ab
stain from competing with the statt
guaranteed loan inorjgering of Russia and
France at Peking. w e can safelj
nd even profitably lend the money wlttt.
out rendering an increase of the burdens
on trade necessary, and since the loaa
would be calculated to strengthen ou
interests at Peking, and thus advance out
interests in the far East, it was manV
festly our duty to undertake it."
The debtor ia the abject vassal tht
world over. Man or nation, It Is the sam
He who owes the debt is the serf of Its
holder. Interest has added almost u
much territory to the British empire al
was ever won by the British sword,
EK.rpt is the "exclusive vassal" of Brit
urn because Egypt fell into the hands ot
Lombard street money lenders. Ouma ,
will go the same way unless her ruler
make the unimportant choice of prefer
ring the Rothschilds that dominate
French finance to the branch of the sami
faiuilv which rules Lombard street.
By the way, how great a proportion ol
United States bonds national, state 01
corporation are held 111 England Ana
how far is discernible the purpose ot
Great Britain to use her rights as a cred
itor to strengthen her influence at Wash
ington, as she holies to at Peking, to con
trol our currency system and to dominat
our politics?
How many, many wars have been
waged because the blood money e
ed by bondholders must be paid at any
cost to human life and human free
dom. The foregoing Important pieces of ev
idence show that the money power Is
coming to be understood in ways that
bode it no good. Here is testimony
from another witness: Mary D. Hull
writes in the Union Signal as followsi
"To ever close the saloons Is an lm
possibility during the present eoromer
clal estimate of men's souls and bodies,
for the whole commercial system li
calculated only for the enslavement ot
men, and what hope Is there whlla
money rules?"
Ten years ago the Union Signal,
which Is the official organ of the Wom
en's Christian Temperance Union, wu
so conservative on the labor questioa
tha. such sentiments would probably
have been excluded from Its columns.
What could the most radical socialist
say about our business methods mora
denunciatory than that "the wholt
commercial system Is calculated only
for tlie enslavement of men?" WeU
may the writer ask, "What hope 'It
there while money rules?" aud well
may we answer, Not any; not any at
all; therefore the money power must
be dethroned. And when the worW
really does wake up to a knowledge ol
Its merciless cruelty and tyranny, 1U
overthrow will be speedy and final
Then shall the Son of Man have wher
to lay his head. Welcome the day whe
humanity and not money shall rule tha
world; when a human being shall not
only lie counted worth more than a
cent, but "of more value than many
sparrows." Cella B. Whitehead la
Chicago Express. . , r""'
Gold in India. ' '
Circumstances alter eases. Whe
Lombard street was given a shock of
terror by the entirely friendly visit ol
the American bimetallic commission
the situation In India was alleged by
the gold clique to be exceedingly sat
isfactory. In fact, the Lordon Nation
al Review spoke cheerfully ns follows!
"India Is leaping aud bounding with
prosperity and reveling la all tha
glories of the gold standard," But In
wiat direction Is India leaping and
bounding at present? Pcrh.ips ther
is no better authority on th's subject
than the Loudon Times. That Journal
has just made the following statement;
"The situation (in India) is extremely
critical, and the banking and commer
cial communities view with distrust
any attempt to uphold a system based
onaclosure of the mluts that should b
the outcome solely of a confidential
Interchange of opinion between thi
government of India and the Indian
otficc." This Is a marked and specific
contradiction of the boastful words ut
tered by the Review. But the Timet
goes still further, and concludes Its
editorial by saying: "How acute was
that agony may be Judged from th
statement that In Calcutta loans wer
negotiated at as high ns H per cent,
interest, while In Bombay, according
to the Times of India, even 2-1 per cent,
would not bring out on advance upon
the most solid of all securities namely,
gold bars." In confirmation of the
statements of the London Tlnxs It may
be noted that tlie Times of India says:
"India ought not to tolerate for a day
longer than Is absolutory necessary a
currency system under which It is pos
sible to have money at 12 per cent, here
and yet Impossible to attract capital
from a country where the rate or In
terest Is 3 per cent, and under." India
Is evidently suffering deplorably from
the effects of the gold t-laiulnrd. As 1
the case iu the United States, the offi
cials claim that the gold standard Is all
right, but the people are desperately
proiesHiig 11 ml ot no distant day their
protests may result lu the opening of
the India mints. The New Koaa.
I'rrrclmii in u lllrecl Vote,
The people will not know what real
freedom Is until they elect every olllcer
by 11 direct vole, until by ballot they
accept or reject the laws offered them
lo live under, until by Imperative tua
ilalo they can dinehnrgt' any unsatis
factory otllcliil. At the present day
the United States has no such thing as
"11 government of, by and for tha peo
ple." A pnrty that Is not unmistaka
bly In favor of the Initiative, referen
dum and Imperative mandatt Is a
party not worth voting for. (Irandaf
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